Immigration

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) released statements on the ongoing Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ongoing consideration to use Camp Roberts as a temporary facility to house unaccompanied children under 18 years old who have crossed the southern border. If HHS finds Camp Roberts suitable to meet the… Read more »

Washington, DC – Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) issued this statement following House passage of the Dream and Promise Act: “I am glad the Dream and Promise Act has passed the House and with bipartisan support to boot. This bill gives millions of Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders the protection and opportunities they deserve. As someone who immigrated to this… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal joined a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in voting to pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which makes pragmatic reforms to our immigration system by providing fairness for farmworkers and stability to agriculture producers. Rep. Carbajal played a central role as one of nine lawmakers who worked across party lines to craft the proposal… Read more »

Washington, DC - Hoy, el representante Carbajal y los copresidentes del Caucus Nuevos Americanos, Repr. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) y Repr. Norma Torres (D-CA) presentaron en proyecto de ley H.R. 7670, Ley de Defensa de los Nuevos Americanos, que prohibiría el uso de fondos federales para establecer una oficina de desnaturalización dentro del Departamento de Justicia. El Departamento de… Read more »

Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16) and every member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) are calling on congressional leadership to include protection and financial assistance for farmworkers in future legislation to slow the spread of coronavirus. Farmworkers are essential frontline workers and our nation’s food supply is dependent on their well-being. In a letter… Read more »

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Full video available here. As news broke of potential nationwide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids this weekend, Rep. Salud Carbajal encouraged his constituents and people across the nation to know their rights at a press conference today. “What I will tell my community, my district and communities across the… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar regarding recently unearthed documentation detailing the Administration’s willful deception of Members of Congress and the American people on their… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and 190 House Democrats introduced the Keep Families Together Act, H.R. 6135, to stop the Trump Administration from separating immigrant children from their families at the border as a result of their ‘zero tolerance’ policy. This is the House companion to the legislation introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) earlier this… Read more »

Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced he signed a bipartisan discharge petition to force a long-overdue vote on the House Floor to protect America’s DACA recipients, including the estimated 7,200 eligible DACA recipients on the Central Coast. “DACA recipients on the Central Coast are living in a perpetual state of uncertainty while court rulings have temporarily allowed DACA… Read more »